Ninespine stickleback
Pungitius pungitius
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A stickleback from temperate waters of Eurasia and North America.
- Scientific name
- Pungitius pungitius
- Family
- Gasterosteidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Brackish
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Gasterosteidae
- Order
- Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei
- Synonyms
- Gasteracanthus pungitius, Gasterosteus blanchardi, Gasterosteus burgundianus, Gasterosteus concinnus, Gasterosteus dekayi, Gasterosteus globiceps, Gasterosteus mainensis, Gasterosteus nebulosus, Gasterosteus occidentalis, Gasterosteus pungitia burgundianus, Gasterosteus pungitius, Gasterosteus pungitius brachypoda, Pungitius pungitius pungitius, Pygosteus pungitius, Pygosteus pungitius brachypoda
Origin
- Native region
- Europa, América do Norte, Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 10–20 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 9 cm
- Lifespan
- 5 years
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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